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by Byron E. Shafer (Editor) "Ancient Egyptian society comprised the gods, the king, the blessed dead, and humanity, a community that encompassed earth, sky, and netherworld.1 ..." (more)
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  • Hardcover: 335 pages
  • Publisher: Cornell University Press; 2nd Revised edition edition (31 Dec 1997)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0801433991
  • ISBN-13: 978-0801433993
  • Product Dimensions: 24.4 x 17 x 3.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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In this volume, five scholars summarize the state of current knowledge about ancient Egyptian temples and the rituals associated with their use. Surveying the major types of Egyptian temple from the Old Kingdom to the Roman period, it offers a perspective on ritual and its cultural significance. The authors perceive temples as loci for the creative interplay of sacred space and sacred time. They regard as unacceptable the traditional division of the temples into the categories of "mortuary" and "divine", believing that their functions and symbolic representations were, at once, too varied and too intertwined. The text combines descriptions of specific temples with insights into their development and purposes.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Insightful collection of essays, 29 Nov 2007
By Gordon Eldridge (Southport, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This is a collection of five essays by scholars which cover the types of Egyptian temples and the rituals associated with them from the Old Kindgom to the Roman period. The level to which the essays are engaging for the average reader varies for individual contributions, though they all contain some interesting ideas. Some of the writers spend a lot of time in detailed descriptions of the layout of temples, which some readers may not find so interesting, but two of the essays in particular contain quite insightful arguments relating to the role of Egyptian temples, their relation to the social and economic hierarchy and the purpose of the rituals associated with them. A picture emerges from the essays of an interdependent religious, political and social order that is nigh on impossible to describe using a modern conceptual framework. Some of the writers skillfully delineate what concepts such as ` royal ka', `maat', chaos etc. may have meant to the people who conceived them. Egyptian religion was a representation of the physical environment that gave birth to it - the power of the cycles of the inundation of the Nile and of the daily rising and setting of the life-giving sun. These cyclical renewals were mirrored in the rituals of the temples and associated festivals and the Pharaoh played a central role in ensuring that the cycles were not interrupted. It is difficult to give star rating. Some of the essays would rate five stars and others three.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent academic writing, 7 Sep 2009
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The book arrived within a very short time and in perfect condition, as stated on the website. Being able to preview the book on google books is always a bonus and enabled me to see the contents page, which was very useful. The book itself is a more advanced read for someone with a knowledge of Egyptology / experience of reading academic material.It covers Egyptian temples and cults from the Old Kingdom through to the Graeco-Roman Period and is very in depth. The bibliography and references are excellent, and although the photographs and illustrations are all in black and white, they are of excellent quality. If you would like a more introductory book on ancient Egyptian temples, then The Complete Temples of Ancient Egypt is more suitable. A good book to gather an understanding of ancient Egyptian religion is Byron Schafer's Ancient Egyptian Religion, which can help to understand certain parts of this book.
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